Okay, so I've been a massive fan of the whole Stargate franchise since the movie in '94 (even have the Gate address for Earth tattooed on my arm) but the following just HAS to be said. Does anyone else think that Frasier's up and coming death is a really bad idea? It's bad enough Teryl Rothery hasn't had a name on the regular credits all these years, but to kill her in a non arc-intensive mid-season two-parter? That's almost as off-handed as Daniel's death. Shouldn't the death of regular or even recurring characters be relevant to the ongoing story arcs of the show? Looking back on the last few seasons, the SG-1 crew don't exactly have a sparkling record when it comes to writing out characters - Martouf's death being one of the worst offenders. Now throw in Daniel, Share, Drey'Auc and Fraiser and it really does look grim. It amazes me somehow that only the bad guys ever get the dramatic and well thought-out deaths (Hathor in the cryo-tank, Apophis crashing into a planet, Ra being nuked, Heru-ur being set-up - Col Simmons is the only real exception to the rule, his death was lame) but the heroes don't. I mean, if Richard Dean Anderson ever leaves the show (which would probably be the last nail in the coffin for me) can you even imagine how they'd off O'Neill? I think the odds go in equal favour of either a) O'Neill contracts intergalactic syphilis from boning the latest offworld-babe-of-the-week and dies in the infirmary while grabbing his crotch in agony, or b) O'Neill dies off-screen in a freak Minnesota fishing trip accident involving a ZAT and a 3 foot long bass. Neither would totally shock me. Interesting how Jonas wasn't written out entirely in Daniel's return, shows at least a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel.
Review of Stargate SG-1
